Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-05
some Points Of Difference Bctwceu
Good Saddles and had.

that met him.
He was resting upon the bench where took my
seat, and slight movement he made 10 give me
place showed he possessed g0od-humored polite
ness
He was quietly dressed I'm dark clothes. but the
tight-ftting trousers over shapely legs. coming
well down In two or three wrinkles over pointed
SHOES. gave him horsey look, which the flower
stalk between his teeth. and the light ashen twig
In his hand, seemed 10 confirm. His hat, too, was
ser at slight angie upon his head.
He was good looking, forty or thereabouts clean
shaven, bright eyed, and had genial smile upon
his lips.
upon nervous bay cob pulled up, disinounted,
and awkwardly endeayored 20 take up a hole In
his saddle girth. Seeing that 1t was troublesome
TO the RIDER, the horsey man rose, and with q
easily and quickly, Tor which the gentleman
head ASH to allow 1t to recover its wind, but in
reahty 10 get his own. As he must have ridden
fourteen stone four, II pound, this was natural
bench never took his eyes on the cob
The adipose equestrian, having recovered from
aSsS o &
TOOK TOO tue flower stalk from his mouth, closed one
What pity it is" he said shat man seldom
knows when the horse he rides is well up to his
Yes I answered, .at,s pity but don't know
posted"
81 ought to be, seeing that was brought up
among horses ever since was little kid"
"IndeedI Was that horse not strong enough for
its rider3"
"welL It isn't 50 much matter OF strength as
OF fitness. Nest short-legged horses of a COLBY
make are strong enough for almost anything. It's
the quality OF an animal makes the fitness. A man
may De TOO heavy for his horse but horse is often
700 AeaVy Tor the man. That one was too light
only because 1t is nervous. DO YOU know what
makes him sol"
mo, indeed do not"
"The panel OF the saddle doesn't fit and IL
wasn't properly dried when II was taken of the
last time. I put my hand UP TO my middle
as stone, and the animals shoulders. Ii IL had
been nightly stuffed and properly dried IL would
t nave we, peen elastic yet shouldn't have been able
saddle Stuffing.r
II didn't know that" said I.
"Very few gents do, but It's the cause OF more
trouble and danger than you'd think A saddle
ought to be well stuffed at the shoulder and very
it should be gone all over again with bodkin and
nearly all Resulted to bring II down to its proper
bearing. Why, bless you, some saddles get that
hafu with bad stufing that they set the horses
wrggling about like snakes when they TIE mounted,
TO say nothing OF ugly wounds and sores and the
letting down OF the neck OF the tree with its iron
plate, upon their poor spines. Fools or saddlers
put In whole heaps OF stufing to avoid this, cock
Ing up the saddle till the pommel is two or three
inches higher than IT ought 10 be, and the ugly
saddle Is taken OF a horse IL should be examined,
opened out like book, wiped, and well dried In
gall horse sooner than anything.
"Ihen, as for taking care Of the saddle, there
amt many men know how to handle il. They're
TOO fond OF using all kinds OF pasty meSses TO
clean 1t with. SO as TO save themselves a little
trouble. The best thing to use is a common soap,
sponged on with plenty of clean water. rubbed
with u channels skin, brushed with a sort brush,
and lefetO dry. Some idiots use white OF eggs and
and making the seat as slippery as chunk OF ice.
And that's all the worse II you don't happen TO
have real pigskin saddle"
do you mean to say that there are imitation
Certainly there are; printed basIls that look
very IKE the real thing. You can always tell a
real skin. though, by seeing that the holes where
the bristleS We're are regular and I'm triangle
shape. You know the best seats come out OF the
skirts are made out OF the next best parts. Get a
saddle made OF that stuff and itl last you life-
time and wear out several trees.
'.Ihere are no greater swfndlers than dishonest
Saddlers. They use trees made OF green wood that
first spread out almost nat, and then snap like
parlor match. They get poor leather, poor hard
thread and bad machine work. Now take bride,
for instance. II that isn't cut out right and left
close to the very centre OF the back OF the hide,
what strength Will 1t have? It's just as often cut
away down to the belly part, or on In the neck,
and It'll stretch like india rubber and break almost
as easily. A mans lie depends upon his reins.
polished to look like Steel and II they don't break
It's because there don't happen to be any particu-
lar strain upon them. II there is they'll snap like
glass;"
"Tell me. what do you think OF curbs."
81 think that II you can't hold horse with a
Snaffie, there's very little enjoyment In riding
don't mean to say that man shouldn't ever use a
curb. Let him have one, and rather sharp one
with medium port, but don't let him use IL eX-
hands that can use curb, especially In park rid
Ing, with any good effect They'll either come TO
grief themselves or they'll make their horses
leather mOuthed Lock at the Mexicans. They
ruin their horses with their cruel ring curbs and
the same with the Asiatics. They ride barbar-
depend upon it, It's only bad riders that depend
upon curb bits, and they're the very ones that
shouldn't be trusted to use them. II a horse is
ndgety, let HIM have curb In case OF necessity
with a leather chin strap, not a chain. A pelham
bit, with rollers or players In the horses mouth is
not bad for some animals. A chifrney bit is a
brutal thing TO use. You can break horses law
with one OF them, and surely no one wants TO do
that. JOinted bits, although they punish horse,
have their advantage, but they ought to be used
carefully. Most horses mouths are ruined by the
stabemen and boys around the place. I'D like
sometimes to put a good highport bit into the
torture he can give an animal when he pulls and
saws ut the rens, as most OF them do
The Earl and the Con.naerciaa Tray.
eler.
From the Court Journal
The Earl OF Roseberry was on a Journey to a
race meeting at Ayr, and for his companion In the
railway carriage had q remarkably pushing speci-
men OF the commercial traveller, who attempted
to force a speaking acquaintance. Seeing his
lordship perusing the Racing Cutendar he '.brole
earth" with the remark:
"Racing is great institution. suppose you are
going to Ayr meeting?"
81 am g0iEg as far as Ayr" replied his Io-lshIp.
"Pity young swells get fleeced by blacklegs
Some noblemen, / hear, drop fortunes ON the
turf"
'Indeed!"
pony's about my cut. Know anything good for
to-day worth my while tOuching?"
~ am not a upster."
"Beg pardon: saw you reading the Racing Cal, ~
ddy, thought you might KNOW"
"Wen, replied his lordship with quiet SMILE
to your"
'Put your tenner or pony on Lord Rosebery's
Cheyronel for the Weiter cup"
"NOt for Joseph! 1 never back Lord Rosebery's
horses. They say he's regular chumpk1n.n
sIndeed! perhaps they're right. However you
asked me. can only add that heard Lord Rose
berry himself tel. what you term a chumpkln to
back his horse"
sDepend upon It, II It was all right he would not
let you overhear his conversation. Mum would
then be his game. Why, there's lot In that race.
I'll bet you a pony Lord Roseberry don't win it,"
'Really, l am not accustomed TO bet In railway
carriages with strangers"
bet"
Il think you1l lose your money; but. as you
challenge noe, let It be bet You'll see In the
stewards enclosure at the course. have no cards
with me-"
agreed. IT'S bet. I bet you an even peay
your name, young fellows"
Primrose. Sometimes am otherwise ad-